Shaving-brush.



H. I. GAISMAN.

SHAVING BRUSH.

APPLICATION FILED APR- 27. I912- RENEWED JULY 5. l9l6.

131mm. I Patented Feb. 20, 1917.

HENRY J. GAISMAN, or new YORK, n. Y., nssrenoa T0 UFFlFE.

AUTO STRO]? COMPANY, OF

NEW YORK, N. Y., A CORPORATION OF NEW YORK.

SHAVING BRUSH.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed. April 27, 1912, Serial No. 693,617. Renewed July 6, 1916, Serial No. 107,874.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, HENRY J. GAIsMAN,

a citizen of the United States, and resident of New York city, borough of Manhattan, 1n the county of New York and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Shaving-Brushes, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in brushes particularly adapted for use in shaving, and has for itsobject to provide a handle or holder adapted to contain the brush when not in use, with means to permit the brush to be held upon the handle or holder in positionv for use, and also to be hung down on one'side of the handle or holder with the bristles depending to permit water to drain downwardly therefrom and enable free access of air to the bristles for drying.

My invention comprises novel details of improvement and combinations of parts that will be morefully hereinafter set forth and then pointed out in the claims.

Referenceis to be had to the accompanying drawings forming part hereof, wherein,

igure 1 is a side view of my improved brush, showing the parts in the closed position- I Fig. 2 is a side view, showing the bristles depending atv the side of the handle or I holder for dryi g;

Fig. 3 is a plan view of the device showing the parts opened;

Fig. 4 is a vertical section of Fig. 1 at right angles thereto,

Fig. 5is a. vertical section showing the brush pushed out of the handle or holder, and

Fig. 6 is a similar view showing the parts in position for use.

Similar numerals of reference indicate corresponding parts in the several views.

The numeral 1 indicates a handle, shell or holder shown in tubular or cylindrical form, open at opposite ends, and provided at one end with a cover 2, shown hinged at one edge of the handle at 3, so as to close over the open end of the handle or to be swung toone side thereof, (Figs. 6 and 5). In the construction shown, cover 2 1s provided at its inner side with a spring clip 4 havingrounded bent ends 45 adapted to fit under the inwardly bent or flanged end portion 1 of handle 1 to hold the cover closed upon the latter. Within handle 1 is a reclprocative head 5 pivotally carrying the brush butt or ferrule 6 to which the hairs,

bristles, or the like 6 we'll-known manner. Butt or ferrule 6 is shown pivotally carried at 6" upon a lug or ear 5 projecting from head 5, whereby when head 5 is pushed outwardly to its limit Within the handle 1 the hinge pivot 6 will be beyond the end of the handle to permit the brush to swing and hang downwardly, as shown in Fig. 2. The brush butt 6 is provided with means to retain it in operating position upon head'5 and permit the brush to be swung away from said head. For this purpose I' have shown the butt 6 provided with a spring finger 7 adapted to engage a complemental fastening abutment 8 carried by head 5,said finger being shown provided with a depressed portion 7 and a curved end portion 7 to spring on and on the abutment 8. Head 5 is also shownprovided with an opening 5 vto receive the finger v7. By means of fin er 7 and abut-' ment 8 the brush may be retained upon head 5 in the operating position shown in Figs. 5 and 6. The cover 2 is shown provided with an opening 2" for the passage of finger 7, in the position of the parts shown in Fig. 6. Cover 2 is shown provided with a cutaway part 2 to receive the lug 5 whenthe head 5 is in the position shown in Figs. 2 and 6. While the head 5 may be pushed outwardly by pushing a finger in thelower open'end of handle 1, means may be provided for conveniently operating said head from the exterior of the handle. For this purpose handle 1 may be provided with one or more slots l receiving a stud or studs 8 are attached in any projecting from head 5 to the exterior of the holder in convenient position to be grasped by the fingers for moving head 5 and the brush longitudinally within the handle.

By means of my improvements the brush may be concealed within the handle or holder, and cover 2 closed upon the same, as in Fig. 4, when the device is not in use. When it is desired to use the brush the cover 2 is swung back and head 5 is pushed outwardly and the brush projected through the adjacent open end of the handle, as in Fig. 5, and while the brush may then be used in such position, it is preferable to'swing the brush to one side, to close cover 2 upon the handle (Fig. 2), and then swing the brush butt back Patented Feb. 26, 19178.

' ing the end or; the holder. lVhen the brush upon vcover 2 6), whereupon the finger 7 passes through the opening 2* in the cover and;engages. the abutment 8, retainingthe brush in position, the cover thus aiiording a. base upon which the butt fits, and also closis beingfused, and after the same has been supplied with soap and water, in the usual 4 manner, the brush naybes'wung to oneside to hang downwardly" Fig. 2 whereby the lather and water: in the brush will tend to, gravitate towa'rd the tips ofithe hairs vor bristleslto keep. the same moistfor the next 7 along theihandle, which would tend to occur with the brush in the position shown in Fig.5 and 6,ias ,usual.iwith shaving brushes upwardlya fFurthermore, after the; brush Whenlset on end with the bristles projecting I hasgbeenused ialid washed,;it,niay bezleft t fronilbutt} 6 so that the water will tend to Changes may, behmadein the details of with, saidhead, a d means to dry. ina convenient manner by swinging the brush to oneside oif theholder, Fig. 2, and I thus fallowing the bristles or,hairs to depend drop v fiiini the bristles, and the latterare, thus exposedto the air for ready drying lVhen the brush is to be concealed the cover, 2 is aswung back; (to the position !shown in I construction'and arrangements set forth, within -;the scopeof the appended claims, withent; departing from the a spirit of ,the invention.

' 1. A device of the character described f 'Hayingnow described myinvention what mprising han l s; a e d l q i dt f 'slide .-therein,, a brush pivotally connected n1aintain the brush in operating lpositionQ a 2. A device of: the: character ,described.

m r i a handl ah d bla n ed thenein, abrush ,havingits buttpivotally connected at oneside to one side of said'head to saris d w w rd dab' Said a dla and grneans to movably retain the br ush upon said head, i f' v V degice of the character described comprising, a handle; a head slidably mounti ed theigein, arbrusih having, its butt piyotally connected with said head, and; a,catcl1,f0r releasably gholdingj ,the said (butt upon said 4.;'A device of a the character described comprisinga handle,, a head slidable therein, a brush butt pivotally connected with said head, a spring-finger a connected ,Q with said buttgand an abutment on. said head to coact Withs and fieeie i-v 5. A device of the character described comprising a handle, a head slidable therein, a brush having itstbutt pivotally connected at one side-of said head, a spring finger connected with the butt at the side opposite the hinge, and an abutment on the head to coact with said finger to retain the brush in operating position upon the head.

6. A 7 device of the character described comprising a handle, a cover hinged upon one side of the handle to close an end thereof, neans to retain .the cover closed ,upon the handle, ,a head slidable, within ,the, handle,

and a brush pivotallyfcarriedlby the head to a brush. having its butt pivotally connected;

with said head at the side oppgsite. the pivot of the coverto permit th'ecovervto beclosed ov'er'the handle beneath the brush butt, said cover having a cut-away part. to. receive. the

v hinge between the head and the butt.

8. A device of the character described comprising a hollow,handlehaving a stop at one end,a cover hinged adjacent said end of.

the handle, means to releasably hold, they cover to closenpon the handle, a head slidable in] said handle adapted to be checked by. saidstop, a brush having, its butt pivot-- ally connected with said head, and means to releasably retain said butt on said head.

9. A device, of the characten described comprising a hollowhandlehaving a stop at one end, a coverhingedadjacent said end of the handle, means to releasably hold the cover to close .upon the handle a head slidable, in said handle adapted to be checked by said stop, and a brushhaving its butt pivotally connected with said head, said butt having a spring finger tocoact with an abutment on .said head,

10. A" device of the character described comprisinga hollow handle having aninturnedportionlat one,end, a headslidable within the handle adapted to engage said inturned portion, said head having a lug extending beyond the handle whenthehead is stopped by ,said inturned portion, a brush having its butt hinged to said lug, and

means to novably retain said butt upon said head;

11, A device of the character described comprising a handle, and a brush having a butt .pivotally connected .with the handle adjacent to oneside of the butt to permit the brush to hang down along theouter side of the, handle withits hairs extending downwardly.

'12. A device of the character described comprising a handle, anda brush having a butt pivotally connected with the handle ad- 1,216,483 7 m jeeent to one side of the butt to permit the of New York, and State of New York, this brush to hang down along the outer side of 26th dayof April, A. D. 1912. the handle With'itS heirs extending downwardly, said butt being adapted to lie on the HENRY GAI-SMAN' 5 end of the handle With the hairs substan- Witnesses:

tially parallel with the handle. MARIE F. WAINRIGHT,

Signed at New York city, in the county I T. F. BOURNE;

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Washington, D. 0. v 

